diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/mcp_management_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/mcp_management_endpoints.py
index 93c9422c035..cab2a51a8ca 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/mcp_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/mcp_management_endpoints.py
@@ -2325,6 +2325,7 @@ if MCP_AVAILABLE:
         # warning instead of failing the edit, whose primary job is the update itself.
         try:
             old_server_record = await get_mcp_server(prisma_client, payload.server_id)
+            old_server_record_read_failed = False
         except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - advisory read; invalidation is best-effort end-to-end
             verbose_logger.warning(
                 "MCP server %s: could not snapshot the pre-update record; skipping the stale-token check: %s",
@@ -2332,8 +2333,13 @@ if MCP_AVAILABLE:
                 exc,
             )
             old_server_record = None
+            old_server_record_read_failed = True
 
-        if payload.dcr_bridge and payload.auth_type is None:
+        if (
+            payload.dcr_bridge
+            and payload.auth_type is None
+            and (old_server_record is not None or old_server_record_read_failed)
+        ):
             stored_auth_type = old_server_record.auth_type if old_server_record else None
             stored_auth_type_name = getattr(stored_auth_type, "value", stored_auth_type)
             if stored_auth_type not in (MCPAuth.true_passthrough, MCPAuth.oauth_delegate):
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_mcp_management_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_mcp_management_endpoints.py
index a07abbed412..a669a277d2b 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_mcp_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_mcp_management_endpoints.py
@@ -5032,6 +5032,26 @@ async def test_edit_mcp_server_rejects_dcr_bridge_when_stored_record_unreadable(
     update_mock.assert_not_called()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_edit_mcp_server_dcr_bridge_on_unknown_server_returns_404_not_400():
+    """A dcr_bridge enablement targeting a server_id that does not exist must surface the accurate
+    404 from the update path, not a misleading 400 about the stored auth_type: get_mcp_server
+    returns None for a missing row without raising, which is distinct from a failed read."""
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UpdateMCPServerRequest
+    from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.mcp_management_endpoints import edit_mcp_server
+
+    update_mock = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+    p1, p2, p3, p4, p5 = _edit_endpoint_patches(None, update_mock)
+    with p1, p2, p3, p4, p5:
+        payload = UpdateMCPServerRequest(server_id="does-not-exist", dcr_bridge=True)
+        user_auth = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="admin", user_role=LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN)
+        with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc:
+            await edit_mcp_server(payload=payload, user_api_key_dict=user_auth)
+
+    assert exc.value.status_code == 404
+    update_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+
 class TestPerUserCredentialConfigServerResolution:
     """Per-user credential and env-var endpoints must resolve config-defined MCP
     servers, which live only in the in-memory registry and never get a DB row, so